Electrosonic, Igloo Vision Partner On Projection Mapping For Workspaces March 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes The PR needs to be read a few times to cut through all the marketing blah-blah-blah stuff, but if you stick with the effort, you learn the experience-focused pro AV integrator Electrosonic has developed a partnership with Igloo Vision to kit out workplaces with immersive collaboration spaces – rooms filled floor to ceiling with visuals. UK-based …
STRATACACHE, NCR In Strategic Partnership For Services, Software In Hospitality Sector March 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes Payment systems giant NCR has reached a partnership with STRATACACHE that sees it marketing the CMS software company’s capabilities but also providing on-site field services in North American and globally. It’s a big deal on both sides, as STRATACACHE is the incumbent software provider in some giant chains like McDonalds, while NCR’s point of sale …
Immersive Floor-To-Ceiling LCDs Greet Lift Users At Edinburgh Shopping Mall March 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes My introduction to digital signage was almost 23 years ago (23 years???!!!) when I walked into an office tower elevator in downtown Toronto that had been kitted out with a small LCD screen up in one corner, and having seen how people all stared at that screen, I was convinced there was something there and …
Hackers Appear To Have Disabled Russian EV Chargers; Leaving Anti-Putin Messages March 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes Along with putting messages digital billboards that might be seen by Russian soldiers, enterprising Ukrainians (or people supporting them) are finding other ways to raise their objection to the invasion of their country. Motorists with electric vehicles found it impossible to charge their cars at public EV charging kiosks on motorways outside of Moscow because …
Digital Billboards In Ukraine Being Used To Dissuade, Insult Russian Invaders February 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip To Nurlan at Digital Signage Pulse for noting this … Digital billboards in many western countries have lit up in the past week with visuals and statements aimed at supporting Ukrainians as they deal with the invasion of Russian troops, but I hadn’t thought about how digital boards could be used to talk …
Clever Solution Streamlines Airport Checkpoints With Screens, AI And Automated Barriers February 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes I am big fan of digital signage applications that may seem boring on the surface, but are spot-on in how they make something faster, better or easier. Here’s a great example of that mantra in action – airport queues for passenger screenings and/or passport and visa checks. A pair of companies – Qmetrix from Austria …
Swedish Solutions Firm ZetaDisplay Reports Significant Upticks In EU Digital Signage Demand February 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes Most companies in the digital signage and pro AV ecosystems are privately-held, so when one of the larger public companies in the combined sector releases by requirement a financial report, observers can get some cues on what may be happening the broader market. In this case, it is the Swedish digital signage software and integration …
DISPLAX Turns Stretched 86-Inch LCD Into Wall-Mounted Piano February 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a clever interactive display experience that converts an 86-inch stretch LCD display into a electronic keyboard. The demo developed by the Portuguese interactive technology shop DISPLAX probably has a limited range of practical applications, but has the benefit of being something loads of people would play with in a trade show stand, museums …
There’s A New Version Of That Digital Poster On Wheels, But The Original Question Persists: Why? February 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes I wrote a couple of years ago about a Dubai-based company that was marketing a three-sided ad poster on robotic wheels, and asked the simple question: Why? That company is still around, and RoboAds says it now has a new version – the RA-200 – that it calls the “most sophisticated signage robot that has been …
Digital Explainer Screens Key Parts Of First Whole Foods “Just Walk Out” Store February 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes High-end grocery retailer Whole Foods Market has opened its first store using Amazon’s frictionless Just Walk Out Shopping technology – a 21,500-square-foot store in Washington, D.C.’s Glover Park neighborhood. The store, which opened Wednesday, is the first of two Whole Foods Market stores expected to open this year that use the cashier-free technology developed by …
